# Accident 20040704014049A: Cessna 172E, La Junta, CO, July 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2004, 07:45 local time
- Place: La Junta, CO
- Airport: La Junta Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0514° N, 103.8439° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0514&lon=-103.8439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3581S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3581S-2005-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040704014049A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 04 JULY 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 0745 LOCAL TIME, N3581S, A CESSNA 172E, PILOTED BY MR. GARY CALDWELL, IMPACTED THE GROUND BETWEEN RUNWAY 26 AND 30 AT LA JUNTA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LA JUNTA COLORADO. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, FUSELAGE, AND THE PROPELLER. MR. CALDWELL, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER FAR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN04CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA097), Jul 4, 2004: Cessna 172E (N3581S), La Junta, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and adequate airspeed during the go-around resulting in an inadvertent stall. Contributing to the accident was the low airspeed and altitude.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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